Venice Gondolier · Ponce De Leon, FL
yoursun.com offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A blue-green algae bloom, identified as lynbya wollei, a “filamentous algae,” dries out along the shoreline of Indian Mound Park on Lemon Bay in 2019. The algae grew into large brownish mats along the shorelines of Lemon Bay that year. SUN FILE PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY Filamentous algae piled up in mats along the shoreline below Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda in 2020. By Jessica Blewett Photo provided by Betty Staugler This green filamentous algae (snot grass) was seen growing on the edge of the bar at Pirate Harbor.
Chattahooche News-Herald · Florida, FL
Nearby: Florida, FLThe Peanut Butter Challenge is an annual jar collection for local food pantries hosted by UF/IFAS Extension and Florida A&M University Cooperative Extension. Launched in Florida Panhandle counties in 2012, the challenge has expanded statewide. Unopened jars of peanut butter can be donated at the Gadsden County Extension Office through Nov. 20. In 2025, nearly...
Miami in News · Florida, FL
Nearby: Florida, FLIs a Florida housing market crash coming? The honest answer is that no dataset shows a crash underway, and a crash is a specific event — a steep, broad fall in prices — not any softening in sales or listings. What Florida shows instead is a market that has cooled from its pandemic-era peak: homes sitting longer, sellers trimming expectations, and buyers with more room to negotiate. That is a slowdown, not a collapse. The distinction matters if you are deciding whether to buy, sell, or wait. Crashes in living memory share a common signature: prices falling fast and everywhere at once, forced sales piling up, and credit drying out. A market where homes take longer to sell and list prices get negotiated down looks different on every one of those measures. For related coverage, see Florida's housing market at mid-2026: sales climb, homes still sit longer.
The Christian Recorder · Black, AL
Nearby: Black, ALBy Rev. Joseph D. Bryant, 9th Episcopal District The U.S. Supreme Court and state legislatures might have dealt a blow to African American representation and voting access, but the right to vote remains and must be exercised now more than ever, says Bishop Julius Harrison McAllister Jr. McAllister, the presiding prelate of the 9th Episcipal District in Alabama, was among the organizers in efforts to fight national attacks to dilute Black political power. A major pushback occurred last spring in Alabama where thousands converged for the “All Roads Lead to the South” day of mobilization. “The entire day on May 16 was a powerful illustration of self-determination as people from around the country, from various backgrounds, faiths and experience, gathered in solidarity and called for the restoration of justice at the ballot box,” McAllister recalled.
Meteored United States · Destin, FL
Nearby: Destin, FLThe planet's record-setting warmth continued in October, with global temperatures soaring past the previous record. Oceans also reached unprecedented warmth as El Niño strengthened, while major hurricanes and shrinking sea ice highlighted the month's climate extremes. The planet had its warmest October on record, surging past the previous record set in 2024 by more than a tenth of a degree. October had the largest temperature departure for any month in 176 years of climate data. The average global surface temperature, including land and ocean surfaces, was 2.57 degrees above the 20th-century average, marking the 50th consecutive October to rise above average. All 10 of Earth's warmest Octobers on record have happened since 2015.
Meteored United States · Destin, FL
Nearby: Destin, FLA top-five warmest October for the contiguous U.S. keeps the country on pace for its warmest year on record. October was also notable for several severe weather events that impacted the country. With less than two months to go in 2026, the year seems poised to finish as the country's warmest in the 132-year record. October continued to keep this year's torrid climate pace going, with the month ranking as the fourth-warmest October on record, coming in at nearly 5 degrees above the 20th-century average. The National Centers for Environmental Information's (NCEI) latest monthly climate report for the contiguous U.S. revealed the average temperature for the country in October was 58.7 degrees, 4.6 degrees above the 20th-century average. The anomalously warm October marked the 21st month in a row with temperatures above the 20th-century average. October nights were especially warm Overnight low temperatures were particularly warm during the second month of meteorological fall.
Miami in News · Destin, FL
Nearby: Destin, FLHurricane preparedness in Miami comes down to three quiet jobs: a kit you build once, documents you copy once, and a plan your household agrees on once. Do them in May, before any storm watch, and the season becomes something you track instead of something that tracks you. The official Atlantic season runs from June 1 through November 30, though storms can form outside those dates, per NOAA's National Ocean Service. It helps to know what you're actually preparing for. A storm becomes a hurricane when its sustained winds reach 74 mph; below that, it's a tropical storm at 39 mph or a tropical depression under it. The Atlantic basin averages about 12 named systems a year, and the National Hurricane Center tracks every one of them. Preparation also buys you time, and time is the real currency of a storm week. If you want the room-by-room version for an apartment or a family, our hurricane season checklist for your apartment and family pairs well with this guide.